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confusion for the engine to start but he wouldnt pay till he
finished it the two gentlemen in the 3rd class carriage said
he was quite right so he was too hes so pigheaded some-
times when he gets a thing into his head a good job he was
able to open the carriage door with his knife or theyd have
taken us on to Cork I suppose that was done out of revenge
on him O I love jaunting in a train or a car with lovely soft
cushions I wonder will he take a 1st class for me he might
want to do it in the train by tipping the guard well O I sup-
pose therell be the usual idiots of men gaping at us with
their eyes as stupid as ever they can possibly be that was an
exceptional man that common workman that left us alone
in the carriage that day going to Howth Id like to find out
something about him l or 2 tunnels perhaps then you have
to look out of the window all the nicer then coming back
suppose I never came back what would they say eloped with
him that gets you on on the stage the last concert I sang at
where its over a year ago when was it St Teresas hall Claren-
don St little chits of missies they have now singing Kathleen
Kearney and her like on account of father being in the army
and my singing the absentminded beggar and wearing a
brooch for Lord Roberts when I had the map of it all and
Poldy not Irish enough was it him managed it this time I
wouldnt put it past him like he got me on to sing in the Sta-
bat Mater by going around saying he was putting Lead
Kindly Light to music I put him up to that till the jesuits
found out he was a freemason thumping the piano lead
Thou me on copied from some old opera yes and he was go-
ing about with some of them Sinner Fein lately or whatever